Frances Black (Independent)
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People often assume that any very thin person must have an eating disorder. I work with family members who have a loved one in addiction so I know that people often get confused and assume that an alcoholic is somebody who falls around the street and drinks out of wine bottles. As the witnesses have said, eating disorders are complex. Am I correct that somebody may have an eating disorder that nobody knows about and he or she is just obsessed with food? Can a person be able to eat but his or her obsesses about food, which takes over his or her whole life or, conversely, there may no obsession with food? I do not know. What is the thought process for somebody who has an eating disorder?